§ Major NATHANasked the Minister of Agriculture the quantity and value produced in England and Wales in the year 1929 of the following articles, separately; wheat, oats, barley, milk and milk products, poultry, eggs, beef, mutton and Iamb, and bacon, ham, and pork?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe estimated quantity and value of the under-mentioned agricultural products sold off agricultural holdings or consumed in farm households in England and Wales during the Agricultural year 1929–30 have been as follow1818W
Commodity. Quantity. Value. Thousand tons Thousands of £ Wheat (a) 953 8,740 Barley (a) 649 6,000 Oats (a) 380 2,690 Milk and Dairy Produce, (b) — 57,060 Thousands Fowls 20,900 4,440 Ducks 1,520 420 Geese 520 230 Turkeys 550 400 Millions Hen Eggs 1,800 12,970 Duck Eggs 34.2 230 Thousand cwt. Beef 7,906 31,890 Mutton and Lamb 3,068 15,750 Pigmeat (c) 4,634 22,400 (aAccording to the Report on the Agricultural Output of England and Wales the proportions of these crops normally sold off firms were as follow:—
Wheat … 75 per cent Barley … 65 per cent Oats … 25 per cent (b) The estimated total production of milk (exclusive of milk fed to stock) in 1929–30 was 1,120 million gallons. A proportion of the milk is made into butter, cheese, etc., on farms, but information as to the quantities so made is available only in respect of the Census years. In 1924–25 the production was estimated as follows:—
Butter 569,000 cwt. Cheese 502,000.cwt Cream 650,000 gallons. Skimmed milk 4.7 million gallons. (c) Separate figures as to the production of bacon, hams and pork are not available.
Note:—The above figures are provisional.